25 December 2014
| Carol | Once in royal David's city |
| Choir | O radiant dawn (James MacMillan) |
| Carol | While shepherds watched |
| Choir | Shepherd's Cradle Hymn (Bavarian arr. MacPherson) |
| Carol | O little town of Bethlehem |
| Choir | Verbum Caro (Richards Dubra) |
| Carol | Infant lowly |
| Choir | O holy night (Adam) |
| Carol | Joy to the world |
| Entrance | O come all ye faithful |
| Penitential Rite | St Gabriel (mtgf) |
| Gloria | Christmas (Paul Gibson) |
| Psalm 95 | Today a Saviour has been born (Bernadette Farrell) |
| Gospel Acclamation | Salisbury Alleluia (Christopher Walker) |
| Profession of Faith | Credo III - Et incarnatus (Josquin) |
| Preparation of Gifts | What shall we give (Catalan arr. Dean) |
| Eucharistic Acclamations | Creation (Marty Haugen) |
| Lamb of God | Christmas (mtgf) |
| Communion Antiphon | The Word became flesh (mtgf) |
| Communion | Night of Silence/ Silent Night (Daniel Kantor) |
| Final | Hark the herald angels |
This year there was just singing from 11.30pm. On reflection there were 2 items too many and it may have been better to have ended with a choir piece.
We sang Credo III again, after a year's absence, with the interpolation of the Josquin Et incarnatus (from Missa Pange Lingua) to allow people time to genuflect - this needs more than a rubric in the booklet. We sang it alternately but I am not sure if the bold type was clear enough in the dim atmospheric lighting. One of the issues that has struck me in the liturgy leaflets is how you give (musical) information to enable people to participate. It may be better, though would require more preparation, to put in the booklet the music for the section which the congregation sing and just text for the rest.
We tried a new descant for Hark the herald angels — it is hard eclipse the memory of a Willcock's descant; for composers as well as singers.
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